General Knowledge (Part-B: English) NDA/NA SOLVED PAPER 2021-II (51 to 100)

Total Questions: 50

21. Dingko Singh, an Asian Games gold medallist, who died recently, was associated with which one of the following games?

Correct Answer: (b) Boxing
Solution:Ngangom Dingko Singh was associated with boxing. Dingko started his boxing career under L. Ibomcha Singh in 1990 at the SAI, Imphal. His big break came in 1991 after he won the Sub Juniors National Boxing Championship in Ambala.
In 1995, he joined the Indian Navy. He won the gold medal in boxing in the Bangkok Asiad Games in 1998. For his outstanding contribution, the Manipuri pugilist has bestowed the Arjuna award in 1998 and conferred with Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award, in 2013.Dingko died on 21st June 2021 after a long battle with liver cancer.

22. Who among the following is the lone Indian Cricketer included in the ICC Hall of Fame special inductions to mark the inaugural ICC World Test Championship Final?

Correct Answer: (d) Vinoo Mankad
Solution:Vinoo Mankad was the lone Indian to be inducted in the ICC Hall of Fame special inductions to mark the inaugural ICC World Test Championship Final.
Among the finest all-rounders to ever come from India, Vinoo Mankad scored 2109 runs at an average of 31.47 and took 162 wickets at 32.31 across 44 Tests. His most famous performance came against New Zealand in 1956, scoring 231 and putting on a record-breaking 413-run opening stand.

23. Which one of the following nations is not a permanent member of G7?

Correct Answer: (a) India
Solution:India is not a member of the G7. The Group of Seven (G-7) is an intergovernmental organization made up of the world's largest developed economies: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Government leaders of these countries meet periodically to address international economic and monetary issues, with each member taking over the presidency on a rotating basis.

24. Operation Olivia, an initiative to protect Olive Ridley turtles, is undertaken by

Correct Answer: (b) Indian Coast Guard
Solution:The Indian Coast Guard helps enforce laws to protect turtles as they arrive at the nest in Odisha. Every year, the Indian Coast Guard's "Operation Olivia," initiated in the early 1980s, helps protect Olive Ridley turtles.
It aims to protect Ridley turtles as they congregate along the coast of the Odisha coast for breeding and nesting from November to December. It also seizes unlawful trawling activities.
The Coast Guard devoted 225 ship days and 388 aircraft hours from November 2020 to May 2021 to protect 3.49 lakh turtles that laid eggs along the coast of Odisha.

25. Who among the following is the winner of the French Open 2021 Men's Singles Final?

Correct Answer: (a) Novak Djokovic
Solution:Novak Djokovic defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas to lift the French Open title for the second time in his career. Djokovic, with his 19th Grand Slam title, has closed in on -Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal on the all-time Grand Slam titles list.
Both the players have won 20 Grand Slams each. The 2021 French Open triumph is Djokovic's second Roland Garros title, the first coming in 2016.

26. Economist Rebeca Grynspan, who recently became the first woman to be appointed as the head of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), hails from

Correct Answer: (c) Costa Rica
Solution:Rebeca Grynspan of Costa Rica will be the new head of UNCTAD, the United Nations trade and development body. Her nomination to the post by UN Secretary-General António Guterres was approved on 11 June by the UN General Assembly.
Ms Grynspan, is an economist and current Ibero-American secretary-general. Ms Grynspan has had a career spanning many years and has held several high-level positions including, among others, former under-secretary-general of the UN and associate administrator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP).

27. "Belt and Road Initiative' is a foreign policy initiative of

Correct Answer: (a) China
Solution:China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), sometimes referred to as the New Silk Road, is one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects ever conceived.
Launched in 2013 by President Xi Jinping, the vast collection of development and investment initiatives would stretch from East Asia to Europe, significantly expanding China's economic and political influence. Some analysts see the project as a disturbing expansion of Chinese power. BRI has stoked opposition in some countries involved in Belt and Road that have taken on high levels of debt.

28. Which one of the following is the theme of the International Day of Yoga 2021?

Correct Answer: (c) Yoga for well-being
Solution:International Day of Yoga is celebrated with inuch fervour every year on June 21. The theme for the International Day of Yoga 2021 was 'Yoga for wellness', a motto aligned to the current pre-occupations.
In 2021 Yoga Day was observed in as many as 190 countries around the world. Missions of India abroad will be coordinating various activities with the administrations in the respective countries for the run-up to the event.

29. Kenneth Kaunda, who died recently at the age of 97, was the former president of

Correct Answer: (c) Zambia
Solution:Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia's founding president and a champion of African nationalism who spearheaded the fights to end white minority rule across southern Africa, died at the age of 97 on 18 June 2021.
Kaunda was elected the first president of Zambia (then known as Northern Rhodesia) in 1964. During his 27-year rule, he gave critical support to armed African nationalist groups that won independence for neighbouring countries including Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

30. The maiden Indian Navy-European Union Naval Force (IN-EUNAVFOR) Exercise (2021) was conducted in

Correct Answer: (b) Gulf of Aden
Solution:Indian Naval Ship Trikand, mission deployed for Anti-Piracy Operations, participated in the maiden INEUNAVFOR Joint Naval Exercise in the Gulf of Aden. A total of five warships from four navies are participating in the exercise on 18th and 19th June 2021. Other warships include Italian Navy Ship ITS Carabinere, Spanish Navy Ship ESPS Navarra, and two French Navy Ship FS Tonnerre and FS Surcouf.